Gauge plate



R. B. ABBOTT ET AL GAUGE PLATE 1 Filed June 8, 1926 Nov. 9 1926.

1131465011. djroslqy Patented Nov. 9, i926.

UNITED STATES 1,606,059 Parent OFFICE.

RANSLOE BOONE ABBOTT, OF READING, AND ARCHER PHLEGAR CROSLEY, OF

PHILADELPHIA,

GAUGE Application filed June 8,

The invention relates to gauge plates for frog guard rails and has as an object the provision of a plate having simple means to wedge the guard rail in properly ad usted position.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a gauge plate of the character re ferred to which will assist in maintaining the proper spacing of all of the track struc ture at a frog.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a gauge plate that will maintain the guard rail at the correct distance from the track rail to prevent the car wheel flanges from striking the frog point.

An illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a detail plan view of a portion of a track showing the frog and the outside rails of the track;

Figure 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

In the drawing the main track rails are shown at and 11 spiked to ties 12 in the usual manner.

A switch frog is shown at 13 having a frog point 14.

. As shown, the invention is embodied in a plate 15 sufficient in length to extend be yond and underlie the track rails 10 and 11 and provided with perforations to receive spikes 16, 17 so positioned as to provide the proper spacing of the track rails. To correctly position the frog 13 and to adjust the frog to its correct position there are shown plates 18, 19 secured to the plate 15 as by rivets, the edges of the plates 18, 19 forming acute angles with the flanges of the frog 13 whereby wedge-shaped plates 20, 21 may be driven between the plates 18, 19 and the flanges of the rail. The edges of the plates 20, 21 are so notched as to register with perforations in the plate 15 for passage of spikes 22, 23 to hold the parts in position and downwardly upon the tie. An additional holding means for plates 20, 21 is shown in the form of spikes 24, 25 driven through registering openings in the wedge plates and in the plate 15. To hold the guard rails 26, 27 the correct distance from the track rails 10, 11 there are shown complementary wedges 28, 29 preferably spaced at each side of the plate 15,, which wedges bear against the webs of the rails, the

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wedges preferably being slotted intermediate their height for reception of a locking bolt 30 which may be tightened after the wedges have been adjusted.

To hold the guard rails and adjust the same as to spacingv from the frog point 14,

there are shown slidable braces 31, 32, each and the braces 31, 32 the guard rails may be properly spaced from the track rails and from the frog point 14, so that the flanges of the wheels of the cars will not be allowed to strike the frog point 14. The plate 15 is shown as firmly spiked to the tie 12 underlying the same.

In the event of wear of the head of the guard rail such as to defeat the object of the present invention, the bolts 35, 36 may be loosened and the wedges 28, 29 may be slacked off, when the brace 31 or 32 may be driven to renew the proper adjustment of the rail.

Minor changes may be made in the physical embodiment'of the invention without cleparting from its spirit.

I claim:

1. A gauge plate comprising in combination, a plate adapted to underlie the rails adjacent a frog, stop plates-forming acute angles with the position to be occupied by the flanges of the guard rails, wedges to be driven between said flanges and the stop plate and means acting between the rails to adjustably resist the action of said wedges upon the guard rails.

2. A gauge plate comprising in combination, a plate underlying the frog and the rails at both sides thereof, means coacting with said plates to space the outside track rails, wedge stop plates secured to said plate, wedges coating therewith to position the frog, wedge stop plates adjacent the guard rail, wedges coacting With said last named stop plates to adjust the spacing of the guard rails and means acting between the rails resisting adjustably the action of saild last named wedges upon the guard rars.

3. A gauge plate comprising in combination, a, plate underlying the frog and the rails at both sides thereof, means coaoting with said plate to space the outside track rails Wedge stop plates securedto said plate, Wedges coaoting therewith to position the frog, wedge stop plates adjacent the guard rail, Wedges coacting with said last named stop plates to adjust the spacing of the guard rails; and complementary Wedges: abutting against the webs of the guard and track rails to adjustably resist the action of the Wedges to force the guard rails toward the track rails.

RANSLOE BOONE ABBOTT. ARCHER PHLEGAR CROSLEY. 

